Steve Merlehan celebrated his move to Boggabri with an uplifting 28-10 win over Narrabri Bluebirds at Boggabri's Jubilee Oval.
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It was an unusual feeling for Merlehan, donning the green and yellow of the Kangaroos club after being a Gunnedah Bulldog for more than 30 years.
"Been a Bulldog since I arrived in Gunnedah in 1990," he told G4 Media after Saturday's season opener.
"Played for them and coached. Been team manager, water boy everything.
"But they didn't want me."
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When Boggy threw him a lifeline he gladly accepted.
The Kangaroos have a new look side too with a few from Narrabri and some talented young teenagers in the shape of Ava Hannaford, Alice Donnelly and Kaiya Grace-Hendrie.
"This was a really good way for us all to start the season," Merlehan said of the 18-point win where Grace-Hendrie bagged a pair of tries and Hannaford garnered the three points in the G4 B&F.
"Hopefully we can lift Boggy up the table this year," he continued.
"We play Dungowan next and they will be tough."
Kristie Toomey is the new coach for the Narrabri Bluebirds and she thought their first game was "actually a really good game."
"Hard and fast. I was really proud of all our girls. We had a lot of new girls that had never played before," she said.
She thought Amalie Gosper was outstanding on debut. She earned the two B&F points and Boggabri's Caitlyn Dewar the one.
"Our girls never gave up," Toomey said.
"We only had one reserve and four girls who had not played."
